The weekend effect
Subtitle: the life-changing benefits of taking time off and challenging the cult of overwork
By: Katrina Onstad
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: HarperOne
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780062440181
Subjects: Social policy; Work-life balance; Work and family; Time management; Quality of life
Description: Katrina Onstad, pushes back against this all-work, no-fun ethos that dominates our lives. Tired of suffering from Sunday night letdown, she digs into the history, positive psychology, and cultural anthropology of the great missing weekend and how we can revive it. Onstad follows the trail of people, companies, and countries who are vigilantly protecting their time off for joy, adventure, and most important, purpose. Filled with personal and professional inspiration, The Weekend Effect is a thoughtful, well-researched argument to take back those precious 48 hours, and ultimately, to save ourselves.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-291).
Table of contents: title: What is a weekend?; title: The rise and fall of the weekend; title: The need to connect; title: Binge, buy, brunch, basketball : better recreation; title: Do less and be more at home; title: The power of beauty; title: Manifesto for a good weekend.